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Stats on Access to Clean Water and Electricity in Puerto Rico Vanish From FEMA's Website

More positive statistics are being featured more prominently.

People affected by Hurricane Maria bathe in water piped from a creek in the mountains, in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Residents of the area drive to the pipes to bathe because they were left without water supplies by the damage caused by Hurricane Maria. The pipe was set up by a neighbor who ran it from a creek in his property to the side of the road in order to help those left without water.
Ramon Espinosa/AP

The Washington Post reached out to FEMA to comment on the disappearance of the bleaker statistics.

“Our mission is to support the governor and his response priorities through the unified command structure to help Puerto Ricans recover and return to routines,” FEMA spokesman William Booher told the Washington Post. “Information on the stats you are specifically looking for are readily available.”

"This terrible and abominable view of him throwing paper towels and throwing provisions at people, it really — it does not embody the spirit of the American nation, you know?" Cruz, the mayor, told MSNBC, in response to Trump throwing paper towels to a room of Puerto Ricans.

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